Learning and Engagement

Our immersive arts learning programmes engage underserved children and young people through accessible formal and informal education, helping people progress into creative industry careers.

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Learning and Engagement

Our learning and engagement programmes in schools are designed to encourage young people to become confident creators and learn new digital skills.

Alongside gaining new skills, we also hope to encourage more pupils to choose arts subjects and, in the long term, encourage more diversity in the creative and digital sectors.

Key Skills

Accessible tools

We use accessible tools with all our programmes which encourages young learners to continue learning at home.

New Digital Skills

Students can learn the basics of animation to 3D modelling.

Guest Artist Facilitators

Guest Artists are an important part of our programmes and provides relatable, real-life examples of jobs within the creative industries.

Virtual Production

For sessions at BOM, workshops can include time in our Virtual Production Suite where learners will be introduced to working with green screen and motion capture.

Find out more about our previous programmes:

Virtually Me

Virtually Me programme was a programme designed for SEND learners. Supported by All Age Autism, the workshops introduced young learner to the basics of motion capture, an introduction to 3D modelling, basic animation and virtual reality.

Engineering Inclusive Futures

Engineering Inclusive Futures was a bespoke project designed to elevate disabled learners’ understanding of inclusive engineering and technology. Students were inspired, empowered and encouraged to consider careers in STEM.

Powering Up

Powering Up was a 3-year funded programme by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. It was designed to empower and inspire Black children in North Birmingham schools. Taking place in schools and at BOM, we ran digital workshops ranging from digital collage, designing virtual exhibition spaces and teaching 3D skills in Blender.

Water Bots

As part of our Water Bots programme, which was funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, we ran a schools programme aimed at inspiring young people to explore careers in engineering. We invited engineers from across different areas of engineering to visit local schools in the Black Country.

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